The Russians will be able to travel to Armenia on internal passports starting next summer, reports Travel.ru with reference to the statement of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Republic and the news Agency RATA-News. It is expected that the government of Armenia for the summer will make the appropriate changes to the agreement on visa-free regime with Russia.
Tour operators operating in Armenian direction, note that the possibility of entering the country on internal passports will make this country even more attractive for Russians, especially in regions where owners of foreign passports, not so much. Besides, Armenia will get as tourists are those law-enforcement officers and civil servants, who are not allowed to travel abroad.
According to the National statistical service of Armenia, in 2015, the country was visited by 1.2 million foreign tourists, of these, about 500,000 guests from Russia. As suggested by the tour operators at a fraction of the packages in this amount not more than 2.5%.
Armenia offers mainly excursions and skiing, and the last line is still just beginning to gain popularity. Tour operators say a good transport accessibility of this country, but at the same time complain about the high prices for services, do not always correspond to quality. According to experts of tourist industry, the opportunity to travel to Armenia for internal passports will add to the country about 10% of the tourist flow from Russia in the coming year.
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